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Citation: 1972 PLC 279
Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal
Year: 1971
Decision Date: 1971-06-23
Parties: ANFORDS (PAKISTAN) WORKERS' UNION vs ANFORDS (PAKISTAN) LTD., KARACHI
Case cited as 1972 PLC 279
Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:ANFORDS (PAKISTAN) WORKERS' UNION vs ANFORDS (PAKISTAN) LTD., KARACHI Case No.: Application No. 431 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-06-23 Reported As: 1972 PLC 279 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER This is an application for interpretation of certain term of the settlement arrived at between the Anfords '(Pakistan) Workers' Union and Messrs Anford (Pakistan) Limited on 17th April 1970. 2. The Management had agreed to pay bonus equivalent to one month's basic salary. The relevant portion, which requires interpretation, reads as under :-- " . . . . .The bonus in coming year will be paid equivalent to one month basic salary." 3. According to the Management, as would appear from their letter dated February 1971, the basic salary of the workers is "the first salary on which they were employed in this Com--pany". According to the Company "the increase in the salary by way of annual increment does not increase the basic salary." 4. Mr. Wahid Bashir for the Union admitted that basic salary does not include the various allowances that may be permissible to a worker. He, however, submitted that the annual increment, which is allowed to a workman, forms part of the basic salary of the worker. Basic wage is defined in the Dictionary of English by Earl Jowitt as under :- "A minimum wage (not including allowances, overtime pay, etc.) paid by agreement or by the award of a tribunal or under the provisions of a statute." 5. What…
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